mafia 2 sign up thread

[coqauvin]

Because of this, each lynching is more likely than not to vote for a townsperson, because anyone who bandwagons is almost certainly doing so with an existing mafia bloc vote (who obviously aren't going to vote for a mafia).

this is a load of horseshit. How do games get started without a bandwagon vote in the first place? It always requires more votes than mafia to lynch, does that mean everyone who votes to hang is mafia? Voting patterns only approach reliable after day 3, so voting blocs won't necessesarily show up, and any mafia who doesn't vote for a fellow mafia that played like an idiot and was obviously mafia is bad and should feel bad.

The absolute lack of certainly that the townspeople have about who is or isn't mafia makes them more vulnerable initially, but it's also a strength because, every townsperson should avoid acting in co-ordination with others,

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unless and until there is clear evidence of collusion between certain people. Anyone who does collude with others will either be mafia, or unwittingly working with them to lynch innnocent townspeople.

yeah, you can't afford to wait that long, because the shit will be all up in your brit by the time you get reliable and clear evidence. The less communication there is between townies, the easier it is for the mafia to win.

So the best method is to split the vote inconclusively and not lynch anyone, because besides leaving you with an extra townsperson,

No, Atmosfear is right. Except under very specialized circumstances, like the ones in the last game, it's always better to have a lynching. Otherwise, you're giving the mafia a free kill.

giving you more rounds to work with, the results will effectively divide up the town into smaller groups and individuals, which you can then track to see if they continue to try to vote as a bloc. You'll also be able to rule out any isolated individuals that a consistent voting bloc goes for as being mafia.

Except that if everyone is formed into small blocs, how do you know which one is Mafia? This strat relies completely on dividing the uninformed group into smaller uninformed groups. You've already divided the townies, it makes the mafia conquering so much eaiser.